Building construction



T DEPATIE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION. mm MAY 12. 1919.

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T. DEPATIE.

BUILDING CONSTRU APPLICATION HLED MAY CTIONL 1, 1920. HEET 2.

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at 1778 Iberville street, in the city of',. n-

treal, in Province of Quebec, inthe Domin- I ion oi Canada,haveinvented' certain new merits in building construction, and the anduseful 'Improvements'in Building (Jonstruction; and I do hereby declarethatthe following'i's a full, clear,;and eiiact descripdisclosed in Fig.2.-

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he block 1 illustratedl 1nv Fig. 2' has U-sh-aped projection 2.-on'onesurfaceft'heretion of the'same.- I I I present inventionrelatestoimprovemain 'obje t' is to provide an arrangement of I interlockingbricks or blocks whereby, when ticularl'y stron and resistant."

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they 'are laid .up, theygwill form a wail par- A furthdr'o ject istoprovide means to j lock the blocksof a wall together, particularlyinwalls of.two blocks in thickness.

. The. invention will be understood'with the aid of Figure 1' is anillustration of diflerent designsthat can; be obtained wi t h'the' inn a,corner block havlngan proved brick or .block shown in Figs. 2-4. Fig.2is an enlarged perspective view of a block madeacord1ng totheinventionand used in a wall as disclosed in Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 is can "enlarged perspective view of one 'of the blocks having'aZ-projection the other side thereon I Fig. 4 is an enlarged pers ectiveview of proifiection. on

one side thereof and a correspondi g groove onthe pposite side. I

'Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of one ,of the'binding blocks. jI

. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a-two block thickness wall,illustrating the method of applying the binding block inconjunction withthe interlocking blocks.

. Fig. 7 is a perspectlve vlew of a two block thickness wallillustrating another method of constructing the inner side wall andbindin it lengthwise.

ig.'8 is a perspective view of a two blocktrickness wall illustratinganothermethod of binding the wall lengthwise.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged pers ective view of the type of blocks shown in Iig. 8 -for binding thewall lengthwise. i J I I ig. 10 is an 'enlar edperspective. view of. a modified form 0 corner block havinglen hwisebinding means.

ig. 11 is an enlarged perspective'view 'the accompanying drawings in onthe opposite side, is'adapted to form in- I I 'Spec illcatlon ofletterel'atenhj Patented May11 1920 npp lioation m 12, isia sei-ms esaw;i

I I, of a modified form of block for binding Be it knownthatL-Tnnormnnpnram, len hwlse. contractor, a British subject, -res1d1n.vention, andhaving a semi-detached column 2 and '3. 4 I

I Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a port10n of a pillar constructedwith'the blocks of'and' onthe opposite surfacea correspond-' ig. 12 is aperspective view of a portionof.the wall constructed according to theining'U-shaped groove. 3. This block 1 is I adapted for instance to'form' the crowning.

block of a column as indicated' in Figs. 1 and 12. The block 4 disclosedin Fig. 3, which consists of a Z projection'fi on one side thereof and acorrespondinggroove 6 shaped projection 8, and on its opposite side acorresponding L shaped groove, the said block.being ada ted to be usedin conjunction withthe b ocks 1 and 4, This block 7-may also be used asa corner blockas disclosed in Figs. 6 and 70f the drawings.

Fig. 6 of the drawings represents a wall 1 of two block thickness havingcorner blocks 7 and a plurality of blocks 9 which are l'ongitudinallydisposed in relation to the walls,

each of said blocks being provided on one jection 10, the ofi,

side thereof with a central longitudinal robeing provided wi a groovecorresponding with said projection, .10. -Natura1ly when these blocksare placed over one another in the usualway, the blocks will interlock,but in order to provide bracing and locking means between the twothicknesses of blocks, a cross bindingvblock '11. is 'provided and 'laidastride the wall as'disclosed in Fig. 6, said block being provided withtwo projections 12 across one face thereof which are ada ted to form acontinuation of the projections 1 0 of the blocks 9, and on theoppoosite side of said b ock site side of said block 11. two grooves.13.

corresponding to said projections 12 are pro- 15 on one side thereof,and on the opposite side is provided a central longitudinal oove 16which is adapted to engage the pro ection 10 on the adjacent block 9.

In order to come back to the former construction that is the block 9, ablock 17 is employed having two cross grooves 18 on one side thereof,which are adapted f0 engage the cross projections 15 of the'blocks 14,and havin a longitudinal central PIO]6(J- tion 19 provi ed on itsopposite side which is adapted to register w1th the projection 10 of theblocks 9.

When the blocks 14 are used, as illustrated in Fig. 7, the corner block20 is preferably'nsed, this block 20 having ,on one side thereofan'L-shaped projection 21 which is adapted to register at oneend thereofwith the projection 10 of the block 9 and havin at a suitable distancefrom said L- shape projection 21 a cross projection '22. On the oppositeside of said block corresponding to said projection 21 is an L roove 23,and a cross groove 24 corresponding to said projection 22.

Should it be found convenient. to use the blocks 9 above the said blocks14: the blocks 17 are first placed over the blocks 14, and

the corner block 7 will be arranged on top of said block 20.

It will readilybe seen from the foregoing description that a two-blockthickness wall can be easily braced by employing this means ofconstruction and that each la er of bricks or blocks can be bound togeter to form a most solid construction.

No claim is herein made for the blocks 9 as these blocks have been usedfor years, but the object of this invention is principally to rovide abinding block which, when used in conjunction with the blocks 9, willbrace the wall longitudinally and laterally.

What I claim as my invention is:

A will comprismg a plurality of superposed .layers of horizontally-laidblocks or bricks arranged longitudinally of the'wall and having theirtop and bottom faces formed with mating locking ribs andand ribs onthelon itudinal bricks directl above and below t em to brace the "wallaterally and which respectively aline with the longitudinal moves andribs on the abutting longitudinal bricks in the same layer or layers toform continuations therel of and a plurality of lon itudinal bricksincluded in certain of said ayers andvhaving on one face at least onetransverselydisposed locking element and on the opposite face alongitudinal locking element to interfitnwith the longitudinalinterlocking elements and crossrinterlocking elements on the first-namedlongitudinal bricks and on the cross-bricks, the locking element on oneface of each second-named longitudinal brick being in the form of a ribor projection, and that on the opposite face being in the form of agroove; substantially as described.

Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this 16th day of April, 1919.

- THEOPHILE DEPATIE.

Witnesses: I

A. P. DEAL, I A. Dns Rosmns.

